Blogging - (def.) a blog is a //Web site//, usually maintained by an individual, with regular entries of commentary, descriptions of events, or other material such as graphics or video. Entries are commonly displayed in reverse-chronological order. "Blog" can also be used as a verb, meaning to maintain or add content to a blog.
*Blogger
This is a really easy-to-use site that allows even non-technical types to start a blog in just three basic steps using a range of templates. Most first-time bloggers use this platform. The site was started in the dotcom boom of 1999 and is now part of Google.
*Class Blogmeister
David Warlick created this site specifically for classroom educators who want full control over the blogs created by, read by, and used by students. Teachers can evaluate, comment on, and publish students' blogs in a controlled environment.
*Edublogs
An easy-to-use blog-creation site with customizable templates (themes) for educators, K–12 and college students. Blogs created with it will include links to Chalkface, an assessment tool; to IncSub, dedicated to online projects; and to BlogSavvy, which helps bloggers become better bloggers.
Why not let the the internet work for you?? Use a Web aggregator and RSS feed.
Aggregators - (def.) Let the information you want come to you!!!! (Web 2.0 knows how busy you are.) Aggregators reduce the time and effort needed to regularly check websites for updates, creating a unique information space or "personal newspaper." Once subscribed to a feed, an aggregator is able to check for new content at user-determined intervals and retrieve the update. The content is sometimes described as being "pulled" to the subscriber, as opposed to "pushed" with email or IM. Unlike recipients of some "pushed" information, the aggregator user can easily unsubscribe from a feed. -To put this is a simply as possible - it is much like your newspaper arriving on your front porch. Only digitally!
*Bloglines Students can learn how quickly information changes if they allow Bloglines to deliver the RSS (short for "real simple syndication") feeds for whichever sites they register. This is especially appropriate if they are researching current events, science, and other swiftly changing topics. The site allows users to share their feeds with others.
Google Reader With Google Reader, keeping up with your favorite websites is as easy as checking your email. Stay up to date Google Reader constantly checks your favorite news sites and blogs for new content. You can also use Google Reader's built-in public page to easily share interesting items with your friends and family. Google Reader is totally free and works in most modern browsers, without any software to install.
Check out this video from Common Craft about RSS feed and how it works!
How to add rss?
let'd find blog that is interesting to us specifically:
Blogging applications for education:
http://nlcommunities.com/communities/jitle/archive/category/1328.aspx - example of what I did
Let's check some out we might like
http://supportblogging.com/Links+to+School+Bloggers
*Blogger
This is a really easy-to-use site that allows even non-technical types to start a blog in just three basic steps using a range of templates. Most first-time bloggers use this platform. The site was started in the dotcom boom of 1999 and is now part of Google.
*Class Blogmeister
David Warlick created this site specifically for classroom educators who want full control over the blogs created by, read by, and used by students. Teachers can evaluate, comment on, and publish students' blogs in a controlled environment.
*Edublogs
An easy-to-use blog-creation site with customizable templates (themes) for educators, K–12 and college students. Blogs created with it will include links to Chalkface, an assessment tool; to IncSub, dedicated to online projects; and to BlogSavvy, which helps bloggers become better bloggers.
Why not let the the internet work for you?? Use a Web aggregator and RSS feed.
Aggregators - (def.) Let the information you want come to you!!!! (Web 2.0 knows how busy you are.) Aggregators reduce the time and effort needed to regularly check websites for updates, creating a unique information space or "personal newspaper." Once subscribed to a feed, an aggregator is able to check for new content at user-determined intervals and retrieve the update. The content is sometimes described as being "pulled" to the subscriber, as opposed to "pushed" with email or IM. Unlike recipients of some "pushed" information, the aggregator user can easily unsubscribe from a feed. -To put this is a simply as possible - it is much like your newspaper arriving on your front porch. Only digitally!
*Bloglines Students can learn how quickly information changes if they allow Bloglines to deliver the RSS (short for "real simple syndication") feeds for whichever sites they register. This is especially appropriate if they are researching current events, science, and other swiftly changing topics. The site allows users to share their feeds with others.
Google Reader With Google Reader, keeping up with your favorite websites is as easy as checking your email. Stay up to date Google Reader constantly checks your favorite news sites and blogs for new content. You can also use Google Reader's built-in public page to easily share interesting items with your friends and family. Google Reader is totally free and works in most modern browsers, without any software to install.
Check out this video from Common Craft about RSS feed and how it works!
How to add rss?
let'd find blog that is interesting to us specifically:
use http://technorati.com/
I want to add feeds for the following:
http://unitedapeng.blogspot.com/
http://the-literate.blogspot.com/
Wikipedia RSS Description
A Non-Technical Look at Using RSS Feeds